Per de Alzado

Per de Alzado (1789-1852) was a colonel of the Royal Army in America during the South American Wars of Liberation.

Biography
Per de Alzado was born in Canaima, New Granada in 1789, and he sided with the Spanish absolute monarchy during the South American Wars of Liberation. He raised a regiment of foot for the Royal Army in America and led it at the Battle of Carabobo in 1821, during which it suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Gran Colombian forces. Alzado fled to Spain after the war came to a close with a Venezuelan victory, and he died in Cadiz in 1852.